Numero Uno's BIG week

I'm going to take a moment out here for a bit of a brag on behalf of my oldest Testosteronite. He had the biggest week last week!  Recently we had his IEP meeting, where his teacher told me that she hoped to get him to a 16 DRA (that's a reading level, for those of you without little readers) by the end of 1st grade. Considering that this is his second go-round with 1st grade (yes, I still blame you in large part, lovely "neighborhood school"), we are really hoping that this year would end on a high note for him and he could head into 2nd grade with a lot of self-confidence. On Thursday his teacher informed me that he already passed, and now they're going to see if he can start out 2nd grade and an even *higher* DRA!  Happy dance!

Then we fast forward to the other exciting moment for Numero Uno. In PE they have a climbing wall that reaches all the way to the gym ceiling. Last session that they got to climb, Numero Uno made it to about the top of my head. woo. hoo. The kiddo comes by his cautiousness honestly -- you wouldn't find me doing that at his age (or even my current age???) either. But this time he set a goal to reach the top of the wall, and by the end of the week HE DID IT!!!!  Check out the photos! 

Although it may sound like it on the surface, all of this celebrating is not just because he kicked butt last week just for the sake of being an "achiever".  Instead, I'm over the moon about the level of confidence that I saw oozing from his pores after both of these accomplishments. He's become a totally different kiddo in a matter of a week. A BIG week, but still just seven little days. I only hope that he's able to continue to grow and develop like this over the coming days, weeks and years. And I've gotta say, with the amazing school that he goes to, I just KNOW it's going to happen. Thanks goes out big time to his teacher and his SPED staff -- we love, love, love you all!

My cup runneth over <3